this tour has been planned for some time. I don't think Darcy or the whining netphoria crybabies realise that.
it's probably been planned since bill and jim started recording in LA.

if darcy put as much effort into travelling to LA for a meeting as she has in complaining to the media then they'd probably be rehearsing with her now.
it seems dishonest of her to only give certain bits of information to the media. she neglected to mention that she had appointments with doctors. people don't spend all that money on advertising only to wait around and see if someone's fit enough to play.

darcy's story is definitely lacking, but the point that matters here is that this has been branded as a 'real thing' reunion, and was made to sound very exciting for the fans and even d'arcy herself apparently, when in reality it was all another half assed rushed solo corgan project under the sp moniker.

that is what's dishonest, and that is what's unacceptable. all of billy's shithead behavior and shit about selling t-shirts and proving he's 'able to compete' and going for broadway production values is just the icing on the cake.

But you said you enjoyed the mental sparring there for a little while?

Oh yeah, I really enjoyed our friendship. I really, really did, so much, but he’s just the same. If you say one tiny thing from the past. you have to see the texts to understand, but when it comes to money, he’s just disgusting. We almost immediately started talking about a reunion, because he said to me: ‘Well, maybe you know, and maybe you don’t, but with this wrestling thing I kind of got myself a bit into a bit of a hole.’ That was one of the first things he said to me, it was like the second conversation we had, but we didn’t want to do the ‘reunion.’ We both wanted to do the band again, be a band again, not just do a reunion. Billy always said, ‘Oh, I’ll never do just a reunion and play the oldies just for money.’ That’s exactly what it is now.

So let me get this straight. A random instagram account that Airplane Mode follows which shared what seemed to be a personal pic of Billy in a white outfit/top hat a few days ago, also just shared a photo of a bloody D'arcy, and is now private.

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This is fucking insane holy shit.

D'arcy seems like a really genuine person. Her timeline/narrative is a bit wonky, but I'm inclined to trust her over willers

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Then he got whatever Asian guy to play guitar [Jeff Schroeder], and some girl [Ginger Pooley] to play bass

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LOL this reddit post

lol I love when reddit mods take their jobs way too seriously and try to censor and push a narrative. like they're working for some sort of state-run newspaper

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Someone post that video of Darcy kicking over a mic stand after a snide remark from billy. Total mic drop. So bad ass. I believe it’s right before they play xyu in Rio?

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Can someone describe the picture that was deleted puh-lease?
Edif: Ok passed out and injured D’arcy. Creepy / desperate.

Also INCREDIBLE interview. Wowsers.

Didn't get to see it - was it a recent photo or from the 90s?

that's really, really fucked up though. i wonder who's in charge of that account. and why they think someone being passed out drunk is enough to smear them...lots of people drink. jimbo did so much coke during the SD sessions he went blind. corgan went on a molly bender after his mom died, etc. doing drugs doesn't make you an invalid source

D'arcy speaks about a de facto abusive relationship, and someone mysteriously leaks a picture of her at her most vulnerable to try and discredit her. Not working.

"The things I have heard from people near her have been worrying me for months, including a horrific photo….. Now I’m so mad because there are so many people working hard on this and she basically just tried to ruin everything and ruin all the excitement because she perceived that what was being handed to her on a silver platter was not enough."

I honestly wonder about the scope of all this. Is the general public actually reading this and caring? Or is it just for us losers?

I have this feeling most people don't even care, probably don't know Billy's name, even, and just wanna hear 1979

Or like that D'arcy photo that some asshole leaked. Probably only like 30 people know about that account and its significance

It's on a lot of sites. AV Club, NME, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, as well as Esquire, CBS News, Toronto Sun... whether any of those outlets count as something read by "the general public" is not something I'm sure about.

What would be funny if Billy called D'arcy and the two of them just started laughing about how ridiculous the whole thing has become. And now that everything is out in the open, the air is finally clear. Let bygones be bygones.

She did say, about being in the reunion, "I would love to, but Billy will never do it. Not in this lifetime" so it does seem like the ball is in his court.